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HAIR URLBR AND FRIZZBR No. 423,972. Patented MarQZ', 1890.

N4 PETERS Phomumugnp UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. vXVALBRIDGE AND JOHN P. STEPP, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNORS TO HAFF da WALBRIDGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

HAIR CURLER AND FARIZZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of i Letters Patent No. 423,972, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed October 10, 1889. Serial No. 326,637. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. WALBEIDGE and JOHN P. STEPP, both of Brooklyn, in

Kings county, and State .of New York, havel invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hair Curlers and Frizzers, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates to devices such as are used by ladies for curling and frizzing their hair.

Our improvement consists in the combination of a tube, a rod orbar movable out of the tube for heating and into the tube to transmit heat to the latter, and aclasp or finger serving to grasp and hold hair around the tube.

' ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a hair-curler embodying our improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view with certain of the parts in a different position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, on a larger scale, taken at the plane of the dotted line a; o3, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a tube, (here shown as of cylindric form.) It may be made of any suitable metal and finished in any desirable This tube is provided with a handpiece B, which will preferably be made of some material which is a poor conductor of heat. For instance, it may be made of wood.

C designates a clasp or finger, (here shown as consisting of a strip which is straight longitudinally, but concave orl convex transversely.) f to the .tube A, so that at the outer end it may be swung away from the tube or toward it, and when swung toward it it will be adapted to fit an adjacent portion of the tube snugly. As here shown there is formed with the clasp or finger an arm C', which with the clasp or finger forms a lever. On this arm C is a hand-piece c of insulating material. By pressing upon this hand-piece cthe outer end of the clasp or nger may be swung away from the tube. A spring l) serves to force the clasp or finger toward the tube. ln the present instance the spring D is fastened to the arm C and impinges against the tube A.

E designates a rod or bar fitted within the At one end it is pivoted by a pinv tube A and movable outwardly beyond the same. lt is shown as having a hand-piece e, whereby it may be adjusted longitudinally. The shank of this hand-piece extends through a longitudinal slot a in the tube A. The rod or bar E may therefore be moved lengthwise of the tube A to project it beyond the same or withdrawit into the same; but it does not extend into the handle. There may be a spring between the hand-piece e and the tube 6o to exert sufficient friction upon the tube to retain the rod or bar in any position into which it may be adjusted. W'e have shown a sheet-metal spring F for this purpose. It consists of a concave or convex strip of sheet metal bearing upon the outside of the tube A. The shank of the hand-piece c passes through it, and the inner end of the body of the hand-piece bears against it and holds it against the tube A. l

When this curling or frizzing device is to be used, the rod or bar E is moved outward from the tube A, and may then be heated by any suitable fiame or dire. Then heated, it will be withdrawn into the tube A. Heat will 7 5 be transmitted from it to the tube A suficiently for curling or frizzing the hair. The clasp or finger O will be swung outwardly and the hair to be curled or frizzed placed between it and the tube, whereupon the clasp 8o or finger will be moved or allowed to move inwardly to grasp and hold the hair between it and the tube. Afterward the curler or frizzer maybe twisted to wind the hair upon the tube and hold it there until sufficiently heated to remain in curl.

The movable rod or bar is very advanta= geous. lt may be subjected to any heat, and yet will not dirty the hair, because it will be withdrawn into the tube, and the latter only 9e will come in contact with the hair. Moreover, it is advantageous because the tube coming in contact with the hair is less liable to become unduly heated when it is heated through an independent rod or bar than if directly heated.

W'hat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a hair curler or frizzer, the combina- Y tion of a tube, a handle therefor, a rod or bar roe movable out of the tube for heating it and ally connected to the Jtube, and a spring,sub into the tube for heating the tube, said rod stantially as specified.

orbai1 not movable into the handle, a clasp i or finger pivoted to the tube, and a spring, ggINPHSYIBRIDGE' 5 substantially as specified.

2. In a hair eurlel' o11 frizzer, the eombina- Witnesses as to lvalbrdge:

tion of a ltube, a rod or bar movable out of S. O. EDMONDS,

and into the tube, a slot in Jthe tube, a haud- FRED KEMPER.

piece extending through the slot in the tube Witnesses as to Stepp: 1o to the rod or bal', a friction-spring between the C. AUGUSTUS I-IAVILAND,

hand-piece and tube, a clasp or inger pivot- ROBERT T. HARDY, J r. 

